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VOL. LXVII? NO. 41
FRANKLIN, N. C.p THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1952
TWELVE PAGES
OUESTIONS ON
REGISTRATION
ARE ANSWERED
Books Open October 11
For General Election
November 4
The political lather for the
November general election will
be whipped to a creamy con
sistency with the opening of
registration books a week from
Saturday ? but the election finds
Macon voters old hands at the
voting game with memories of
the Democratic primary and re
sulting run-off in the spring.
By law, registration books
must be open the fourth, third,
and second Saturdays before
election day, so that means Oc
tober 11 ? 18 ? 25, with election
day, November 4, shining as a
bright red-letter date on politi
cal calendars.
Since the May primary, an
Increasing number of Macon
ians have been overheard ask
ing:
"I registered for the town
election. Must I register again
for the county election?"
Answer. YES. Town and coun
ty registrations are separate
and distinct. Check and make
sure you are registered on the
county books.
"Do I have to register again
for the November election, I
voted in the primary?"
Answer: If a voter registered
prior to the primary, THIS
REGISTRATION SUFFICES FOR
THE GENERAL ELECTION, as
well as the primary.
And these too:
"I've been out of the county
working up North. Am I still
registered here?"
"I've only lived here a short
time. Am I eligible to vote?"
These and a host of other
questions concerning registra
tion may be answered by thumb
ing through a "Guidebook for
STTTS NO 1 PAfiF 12
MEANDERING
ALONG
MAIN STREET
A couple of Franklin citizens
were overheard discussing the
construction of the new Frank -
lin-Cowee Gap highway this
week.
"I read in The Press", re
marked one "that local motor
ists will be able to travel over
the old road at their own risk
for the next month."
"That's nothing new", the
other pointed out, "We've been
going over that road at our own
risk for the last couple of
years."
? * ?
The Nantahala Power and
Light company has bird trouble.
A woman called up this week
to report that birds were blow
ing fuses in one section of the
county. It seems our feathered
friends have been roosting by
the hundreds on power lines
and when they suddenly take
off the lines bob up and down,
touching other power lines
bingo, blown fuses!
? ? ?
Town Clerk C. O. Ramsey has
the following reminder In a
prominent place on his desk In
. the town office:
God gave man five senses ?
touch, sight, taste, smell, and
hearing. The successful man
has two more, Horse and Com
mon.
* ? ?
Is your faith in humanity
slipping?
Do you wonder sometimes
just how many honest people
there are in the world?
Are you inclined to feel that
those who are honest are that
way only when they can't get
by with dishonesty?
If the question to those ques
tions is "yes", then consider
something .that happened in
Franklin a few days ago ? may
be you'll change your mind:
"Here's two dollars I owe
you", a man said to Principal [
R. G. Sutton, of Franklin High
school, holding out two one
dollar bills.
"What is this for?" Mr. Sut
ton wanted to know.
"Two of us sat in my car,
outside the fence, the other
night and saw the ball game",
came the reply. "I owe you for
two tickets."
Dr. Slagle
Temporary
Health Man
I Dr. Richard D. Slagle, a na
j tive of Macon County, who Is
j practicing medicine in Sylva,
!has been named acting health
i officer of Macon, Jackson, and
: 'Swain counties, local health de
partment officials have an
| nounced.
He succeeds Dr. Carl C. Jan
owsky recently resigned to ac
cept the post of health officer
in Burke county. Dr. Janowsky,
who served here three years,
assumed his new duties Octob
er 1.
| Dr. Slagle, son of Mrs. Henry
Slagle and the late Mr. Slagle,
of Franklin, Route 1, is a grad
uate of Cornell university and
practiced in Puerto Rico, before
entering the navy during World
II. He was discharged from
service with the rank of com
mander.
| He and his wife and their
four children have been living
i in Sylva for about five years.
HOUNDSMAN
HURT IN KOREA
Wounded In "Old Baldy'
Battle; Is In Tokyo
Hospital
Frederick H. Seder, son of
Mrs. W. K. Keman, of High
lands, was seriously wounded
about September 22 in the bat
tle of "Old Baldy" in Korea.
He is now in a hospital in
Tokyo, Japan.
In a telephone conservation
last week, the young soldier,
who was wounded while on pa
trol duty at the front, assured
his mother that he was all
right and would be home soon.
However, a physician at the To
kyo hospital told Mrs. Kernan
her son lost his right arm and
suffered a number of super
ficial wounds.
ROTARY 25TH
FETE PLANNED
Club To Hold Silver
Anniversary Meet
October 22
The Franklin Rotary club will
celebrate its 25th birthday as a
special ladies' night program
the evening of October 22.
The guest speaker for the oc
casion will be D.r. C. Sylvester
Green, executive vice-president
of the Medical Foundation of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Plans for the observance are
being made by an arrangements
committee made up of John M.
Archer, Jr., R. S. Jones, and J.
S. Conley. Mr. Oonley is the only
member of the club with a
continuous 25-year member
ship.
Phases of the program have
been assigned by the arrange
ments committee, as follows:
President Don Smith will
serve as toastmaster. Holland
McSwain will introduce the
guest speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Roy
M. Biddle will decorate Slagle
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12
? Staff Photo by J. P. Brady
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, but this motorist's eye view of a detour sign is being welcomed by
Macon County. It means that construction is getting under way on the new $618,000 highway
(US 23) from Franklin to the Jackson county line at Cowee Gap. While all through traffic is
now being detoured through Bryson City, local motorists may still travel the highway until
about the first of November, according to S. T. Usry, resident state highway engineer. However,
he warned that equipment crossing the highway may cause short delays, and he asked motor
ists to drive carefully. The picture was made at the intersection of U.S 23 and 64 (Highlands
road).
Lions Club
Plans White
Cane Drive
The Franklin Lions' club will
launch its annual White Cane
drive for the blind here Mon
day night with a stepped-up
door-to-door canvass of homes.
One third of the club's col
lections will be returned to aid
the blind in Macon County, and
the remainder will go to the
North Carolina State Associa
tion for the Blind for use in
state work.
The Lions plan to visit homes
from 6:30 to 8 o'clock.
The White Cane drive is
sponsored state-wide by the
more than 300 Lions clubs and
their > more than 13,000 mem
bers. The state association was
organized by Lions in 1934 and
is a non-profit lay group en
tirely supported by the once-a
year drive. The reason for its
organization and the purpose of
its existence is work for the
blind on a state-wide basis.
Chaplain Will Address
Alcoholics Anonymous
Chapter On October 20
The Rev. Alban Richey, chap
lain at the state hospital for
alcoholics at Butner {formerly
Camp Butner), will speak at a
meeting of the local chapter of
Alcoholics Anonymous October
20 and at a public meeting the
following day.
The hour and place of the
public meeting will be announc
ed later.
OLD FOLKS WILL GATHER ON
, SUNDAY: HISTORY WILL FLOW
A flash-back on more than a i
half century of Macon County ;
history Is expected Sunday aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock at the 1
Franklin Presbyterian church 1
when the county's old folks i
gather for a "Fellowship Hour". 1
Only those 65 years "young" 1
or over are invited to attend
the gathering, which is being ,
sponsored county-wide by inter" ,
ested citizens, who hope to
make it an annual affair.
Foremost on the afternoon's
program is a social hour, plan
ned especially to bring togeth
er old friends who haven't seen
each other in years. And in all
probability, the social hour will
be marked by a flood of stories
about people and the county in
the "gooa old days" as old
friendships are renewed. Re
freshments will be served.
Oh yes ? there will be prizes]
too, for the "youngest" present
and the one coming from the
tartherest point in the county.
You "youngsters" who dont
have transportation and want
to attend can arrange for a
ride by mailing a card to Mrs.
R. .M. Biddle, of Franklin. But
better do it nowl
The Rev. C. E. Murray, pastor
3f the Franklin Methodist
:hurch, will open the program,
followed by a prayer by the
Rev. M. W. Chapman, pastor of
the First Baptist church.
A solo, "There Is A Green
Hill Far Away", will be sung
Oy Mrs. C. E. Henry, and a
poem, "Eventide", will be read |
ay Orval Murray.
Group singing also is planned,
including the hit 'tongs of yes- :
teryear: "When You And I i
Were Young, Maggie", "Old
Polks At Home", Row, Row,
Row Your Boat", apd "Aunt
Dinah's Quilting Party."
LOCALS BEAT
HAYESVILLE
Panthers Take Football
Game 20 To 0; Pl?y
Sylva Friday
Pile-driving line play, per
fectly coordinated -with a
touchdown-happy back fie Id,
made football harmony Friday
night in Hayesville as the
Franklin High Panthers merri
ly rolled along to a 20 to 0
victory over the Hayesville grid
, machine.
The game, which despite the
! lop-sided score smacked with
1 good, hard football, stretched i
I the Panthers' winning streak |
to four games.
Tomorrow (Friday i night the
Panthers invade Jackson coun
ty where the Sylva Golden
Hurricane sits in the driver's
seat football-wise. Game time
is 8 o'clock.
An estimated 250 to 300 Ma
con County football fans, shiv
ering in the nippy night air,
watched as the Panthers re
moved the sting of the Hayes
ville Yellow Jackets with the
offensive antics of backfielders
Sammy Hendeirson and Carroll
Keener.
The Panthers shoved over a
touchdown in each of the first
three quarters and threatened
several other times to push the
score even higher.
Henderson, a spunky and
swivel-hipped 162-pound full
back, ripped ofl all three touch
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12 ,
Church Board
Names Sloan
As Chairman
W. N. Sloan was elected
chairman of the official board
of the First Methodist church
here for the coming year, at a
meeting of the new board Sun
day night. He socceeds Rufus
Snyder.
Miss Laura M. Jones was
named secretary, and Henry W.
Cabe was reelected treasurer.
A budget of $10,500 for the
year was tentatively adopted.
The official board, under ac
tion taken by the .Methodist ;
church last spring, is now made
up of the stewards, the trus
tees, officials of the church and
Sunday school, and representa
tives of various church organi
zations.
PLAN HOMECOMING
A homecoming is planned
Sunday, October 12, at the j
Newman's Chapel Baptist j
church, it has been announced.
The sermon will be delivered by |
the Rev. J. I. Vinson in the .
morning and singing will fea- '
tare the afternoon session.
Will Start
Bonny Crest
Sewer Deal
The proposed Bonny Crest
sewer extension and parking
and speeding problems caught
most of the attention of the
Franklin board of aldermen in
regular session Monday night.
As a preliminary to beginning
the Bonny Crest project, the
board moved to start obtain
ing right-of-way agreements
from property owners and in
structed Town Clerk C. O. Ram
sey to order pipe for the job.
Reported speeding by motor
ists on narrow Bidwell street
prompted the board to set a 25 ;
nile-per-hour limit on the
street. After pointing out that
i lot of children play along the i
street and that speeding is en- I
langering their lives. Mayor W.
2. Burrell requested The Press
,o ask the cooperation of every
>ne in observing the new speed
imit. He also asked residents
)f Bidwell to park their auto
nobiles off the street at night
jecause they constitute a haz
ard on the narrow street.
The board also discussed the
1 legal parking of automobiles
m Wayah street, near Franklin
Ugh school, daring the school's
light football games, and ord
!red pcik* to enforce a town
irdinano* prohibiting parking
Jong the street.
A lot of the board's ttaae was
levoted to Franklin's parking
ituatton? "a case of just too
nany automobiles", restarted
Uderman Verhm Swafford. In
irder to have a fairly rapid
urnover in parking around the
:ounty courthouse, the hoard
irdered police to enforce a ooe
icur time limit, and to crack
lown on double parking.
The possibility of the town
maintaining parking lots "was
rought up but no official ae
lon was taken. However, the
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 12
Cullasaja Will
Get Lunchroom
COUNTY HOME
SITE WANTED
Delegation Pays Visit
To Board About Old
Home Conditions
Wanted ? five or six actes of"
land suitable tor the site of a
new Macon county home. Apply
to the board of county com
missioners.
This is, in essence, what the
county commissioners have been i
looking for for some time, i
Board Chairman W. E. (Genet
Baldwin told a delegation which |
appeared at the board's regular
meeting Monday morning to
plea for the county to "do
something" about bad living
conditions at the old county
home on the Georgia road.
"But, we haven't been able
to find a suitable place", the
chairman said.
The delegation, composed of
representatives from various
county churches, also included
a number of women who re
cently visited the county home
to look things over.
A grand jury report at the
August term of superior court
called attention to conditions
at the home and several
churches decided to ban to
gether and see if something
could be worked out to make
life easier for the eight stay
ing at the home. Amoftg other
things, the jury report said
the home was in bad need of
repair.
A member of the delegation,
Mrs. Roy Biddle, explained the
delegation's position to the
commissioners and commented
"we wonder what can be done".
"We wonder the same thing
ourselves", Mr. Baldwin answer
ed. He said the county has been
trying to locate a suitable place
SEE NO. 5, PAGE 12
Missionary To
Malaya Speaks
This Evening
First hand experiences of how
Christian Missions has coped
with cannibals and headhunt
ed will be told here tqnight
(Thursday) at the Macon Coun
ty Methodist Missionary insti
tute by the Rev. Herbert F.
Kuehn, who has spent 18 years
as missionary in Malaya.
The institute will meet at the
Franklin Methodist church at
7:30 o'clock.
Mr. Kuehn has known the
work first hand of Christian
Missions to the island of Su
matra, a former island of can
nibals, and the more recent
worit among the headhunters
of Borneo. His talk will center
around the progress made with
these primitive peoples.
Other speakers on the pro
gram include the Rev. Horace
R. McSwaln, conference mis
sionary secretary of the W.N.C.
conference, the Rev. Ernest
Yoantz, pastor of the Waynes
ville Methodist church and dis
trict missionary secretary.
H?e Rev. W. Jackson Huney
cutt, superintendent of the
Waynesvllle district, will have
the devotional.
All ministers of county churches
will attend the institute, along
with members of their churches.
Local Navy Man Gives
Five Gallons Of Blood
Chief Hospitalman Thomas
Russell Turpin, son of Mrs.
Belle Turpin, cf Franklin, has
donated a total of five gallons
of blopd ? a pint at a time, from
Yokamka, Japan, to New York
City? according to a navy an
nouncement received here.
The Franklin native gave his '
40th pint Tuesday at the Mare
Island blood bank in Vallejo.
Calif. He presently is attached ,
to the USS Chikaskia, a navy
oiler, which recently returned j
from Korean waters.
According to the navy an
nouncement, the chief petty of
ficer's prior 39 pints were do
nated in so many places the
list resembles a travelogue.
Among the places listed on his
credentials are the Bethesda |
Naval hospital, Washington, D.
C.; Pearl Harbor; Yokasuka,
Japan; Truk. in the Caroline
Islands; Gibraltar in a British
lospital; aboard the destroyer
JSS Maury; the Bellevue hos
Dital in New York City; the
U>s Angeles Medical center; the '
)lood bank in Hawaii; Guam; i
Portsmouth, Va.; and San HI- i
?go, Calif. v 1
Commissioners Submit
Proposal; School
Board Accepts
A proposal advanced by the
board c i county commissioners
to provide approximately $8,000
for construction of a lunch
room at Cuila.va ja school was
accepted by the county board
of education ir. regular cession
Monday rr.orning.
Under the agreement, the
board of commissioners will
take the money to build the
lunchroom cut of the general'
fund, letting the school beard1
repay the indebtedness with
court fines an<J forfeitures ,
which are earmarked by law
for the schools.
A delegation of some 35 pa
trons of Cullasaja school ap
peared at both the meetings of
the commissioners and school
board, with George Mallonee
acting as spokesman.
Once the plan had been out
lined to the delegation, the
commissioners went into joint
session with the school board
and explained the proposal.
School Board Chairman Bob S.
Sloan and member, Walter Bry
son, of Highlands, were not
present at the session.
By accepting the proposal, the
school board increased its in
debtedness to the county tc ap
proximately $14,000. According
to W. E. (Gene) Baldwin, chair
man of the commissioners, Che
school board still owes thie
county $6,000 for school buss?{r
purchased this year. He said
$3,000 of the bus debt has been
paid.
All fines and forfeitures will
go back to the general fund un
til the debt is paid off.
, It will take an estimated $?,
000 to build the school lunch
room. Plans call for using some
building materials left over
from the construction of other
schools in the county. Mem
bers of the Cullasaja delegation
said the school P.T.A would be
willing to furnish the lunch
room.
Cullasaja school was built in
1947 and the community has
been trying to get a lunchroom
, for several years.
OPERA GROUP
COMING HERE
Plan Three Performance* ?
October 20 At East
Franklin School
Three performances OX the-*
production, Don Pasquale, will
be presented here October 20 by
the Grass Roots Opera company
under the sponsorship of the:
local unit of the N. C.. Educa
tion association.
Proceeds will be used to pur- -
chase a record player and rec
ord library for use by the coun
ty schools, according to Mrs.
Roberta Parker, Macon wm A
president.
All three performances will be
held at the East Franklin
school auditorium. Two are
planned for children, one at 10
a. m., the other at 1:15 p. m.
An evening show lor adults Is
scheduled for 8 o'clock.
The opera company, which is.
administered by the extension'
division or the University at
North Carolina, presented
"School for Lovers" here in tbe
spring under the auspices of
the local education unit.
Tor goeh s? kee he quiet! Tkr
wileU strangle me far mmt re
newing our Mbscriptiaii U Th*
Franklin rww."